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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/8] staging: vme: add functions for bridge module refcounting
On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 16:06:30 +0200, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> Hey Martyn,
>
> > Can we not do this inside vme_master_request, vme_slave_request, etc?
> >
> > I.e. Add reference count when resources are given out.
> >
> > This would then be done in the vme_*_free routines.
>
> I agree this would be much better. I will change this and resend :)

To me it seems better to keep this as is, to be
used by .probe and .release methods, in the same way
usb_get_dev() and usb_put_dev() are used by usb drivers.

Hiding refcounts under the resource accessors will just
complicate things unnecessarily. Modifying refcounts
should always be explicit unless there's a very good
reason against it.

Emilio


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